It’s still freezing down at the studio, so the production team have cranked up the massive space heaters up between takes just to keep us moving.

The punters aren’t bothered though – feels like we’ve never seen so many people down here and they’re doing a pretty good job of keeping the cold out.

Unlike Clarkson. He’s lost his voice, which is affecting things a bit as far as presenter duties go, but Hammond has stepped in to do the talking. And ribbing. And what’s that on May’s face? You can wait until Sunday for the answer to that.

Speaking of Richard, that odd German car we talked about him power testing earlier is the Veritas. He reckons it might be a cooler alternative to Caterham’s R500 – it certainly looks the part, and its BMW M5 power unit made plenty of smoke on our test track, too.

This week’s Star in a Reasonably priced car, as you might have read in the papers, is London Mayor Boris Johnson. We’re not going to give anything away about his slightly wayward lap, but expect a few crikeys and plenty of clumsy amusement.

And that just leaves a film about the new Fiesta. That one’s another secret – even The Mole hasn’t seen it yet – but it’s over ten minutes long so expect a bit more than a simple old-fashioned road test…

Good news if you’re a ticket-holder for Top Gear Live: it has today been confirmed that the 2015 world tour will go ahead, renamed Clarkson, Hammond and May Live. BBC Worldwide has announced that, in the best interests of those who have already purchased tickets, the live arena show will go on with its original three […]

Yesterday Top Gear’s executive producer Andy Wilman sent an email to everyone who has worked on Top Gear in the last 13 years, thanking them for their contributions to the show. This email was subsequently leaked to the press, and taken as confirmation that Andy had resigned from Top Gear. This is his response: “The […]

Tony Hall, the BBC’s Director-General, has released the following statement. “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract. It is not a decision I have taken lightly. I have done so only after a very careful consideration of the facts and after […]

The BBC has today released the following statement: “Following last week’s suspension of Jeremy Clarkson, Ken MacQuarrie is now considering the evidence and will report to the Director-General on his findings next week. Once this has been considered, we will set out any further steps. The BBC will not be offering further commentary until then.” […]